Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen – and named them Porphyrion
- Written by Luke Barnes, Lecturer in Physics, Western Sydney University
An artist's illustration of Porphyrion.E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. OeiThe largest known black hole jets, 23 million light years across, have been discovered in the distant universe. This pair of particle beams launched by a supermassive black hole is over a hundred times larger than our galaxy, the Milky Way.





